Cabbages treated to control post-harvest diseases
Growth of organisms of the post-harvest disease causing fungi Botrytis cinerea and Alternaria brassicicola is inhibited by applying to vegetables of the Brassica family, particularly cabbage, isolates of bacteria of species Pseudomonas fluorescens, Serratia liquefaciens, Serratia plymuthica, Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus pumilis and Bacillus polymyxa.
Claims
1. A cabbage having applied thereto an isolated bacteria having the identifying characteristics of an isolate selected from the group consisting of Bacillus pumilus NCIMB 40489, Pseudomonas fluorescens NCIMB 40490, Bacillus subtillis NCIMB 40491, Serratia liquefaciens NCIMB 40492, Serratia plymuthica NCIMB 40493, Pseudomonas fluorescens NCIMB 40495, and Pseudomonas fluorescens NCIMB 40497 including the characteristic of being capable of inhibiting growth of fungi of species Alternaria brassicicola on homogenized cabbage tissue:agar:water mixtures.
2. A cabbage according to claim 1 wherein the isolated bacteria has the identifying characteristics of an isolate selected from the group consisting of Pseudomonas fluorescens NCIMB 40490, Serratia liquefaciens NCIMB 40492, Serratia plymuthica NCIMB 40493, Pseudomonas fluorescens NCIMB 40495, and Pseudomonas fluorescens NCIMB 40497 said isolate being capable of inhibiting growth of Alternaria brassicicola on cabbage leaves at temperatures below 20.degree. C.
3. A cabbage according to claim 1 wherein the isolated bacteria is selected from the group consisting of Psuedomonas fluorescens, Serratia plymuthica and Serratia liquefaciens.
4. A cabbage according to claim 1 wherein the isolated bacteria has identifying characteristics of an isolate selected from the group consisting of Bacillus pumilus NCIMB 40489 and Bacillus subtilis NCIMB 40491, said isolate being capable of inhibiting growth of Alternaria brassicicola on cabbage leaves at temperatures of about 20.degree. C.
6. A cabbage according to claim 5 wherein the isolated bacteria has the identifying characteristics of an isolated selected from the group consisting of, Pseudomonas fluorescens NCIMB 40490, Serratia liquefaciens NCIMB 40492, Serratia plymuthica NCIMB 40493, Pseudomonas fluorescens NCIMB 40495, and Pseudomonas fluorescens NCIMB 40497 said isolated being capable of inhibiting growth of Botrytis cinerea on cabbage leaves at temperatures below 20.degree. C.
7. A cabbage according to claim 5 wherein the isolated bacteria is selected from the group consisting of Psuedomonas fluorescens, Serratia plymuthica and Serratia liquefaciens.
8. A cabbage according to claim 5 wherein the isolated bacteria has identifying characteristics of an isolate selected from the group consisting of Bacillus pumilus NCIMB 40489 and Bacillus subtilis NCIMB 40491, said isolate being capable of inhibiting growth of Botrytis cinerea on cabbage leaves at temperatures of about 20.degree. C.
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Type: Grant
Filed: Mar 27, 1995
Date of Patent: Jul 14, 1998
Assignee: The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in Her Britannic Majesty's Government of the U.K. of Gt. Britian & N. Ireland
Inventors: Carlo Leifert (Aberden), Harold A. S. Epton (Cheadle), David C. Sigee (Sale)
Primary Examiner: Leslie Wong
Law Firm: Nixon & Vanderhye
Application Number: 8/411,286
International Classification: A23B 710;
